And while Democrats still lead among issues such as health care and looking out for the middle class, their lead has been steadily decreasing. The Wall Street Journal highlights that the Democrats only hold a 17 percentage point lead over the GOP in looking out for the middle class, the lowest margin in decades. The Democrats also see the lowest margin ever on dealing with health care, at 8 percentage points.

Additionally, only 27 percent of Americans think the economy will improve over the next year, the lowest since July 2012.

The poll was conducted Sept. 5-8 and surveyed 1,000 adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.